If you need to connect to a network which contains a configured LDAP server, check the box "Enable LDAP". This will change the greyed-out status of the rest of the screen, allowing you to configure the following:

If you need to connect to a network which contains a configured LDAP server, check the box "Enable LDAP". This will change the greyed-out status of the rest of the screen, allowing you to configure the following:

* '''Hostname:''' input the hostname or IP address of the OpenLDAP server. This setting is mandatory.

* '''Hostname:''' input the hostname or IP address of the OpenLDAP server. This setting is mandatory.

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Beginning with PC-BSD® 9.1, the Control Panel contains an "Active Directory & LDAP" icon for managing connections to an Active Directory or OpenLDAP domain. If your network contains an Active Directory or OpenLDAP server, use this icon to input the settings needed to connect to your account information stored on the network.

Figure 8.3b: Managing LDAP Client Settings

At this time, these settings can not be set during installation of PC-BSD® 9.1; this will be added as a feature of version 9.2.

NOTE: This utility is to manage the settings of the client, not the Active Directory or OpenLDAP server itself.

To start the application, double-click its icon in Control Panel or type pc-su pc-adsldap. You will be prompted to input the administrative password. Figure 8.3a shows the configuration utility with the Active Directory tab open.

Connecting to Active Directory

If you need to connect to a network running Active Directory, check the box "Enable Active Directory". This will change the greyed-out status of the rest of the screen, allowing you to configure the following:

Domain Name (DNS/Realm-Name): input the name of the Active Directory domain (e.g. example.com) or child domain (e.g. sales.example.com). This setting is mandatory.

NetBIOS Name: input the hostname of the PC-BSD® system as listed in the About icon.

Workgroup Name: input the name of the Windows workgroup. Unless the administrator has changed it, the default workgroup name is WORKGROUP.

Administrator Name: input the name of the Active Directory Administrator account.

Administrator Password: input and confirm the password for the Active Directory Administrator account.

The values that you input using this GUI are saved to /usr/local/etc/pc-activedirectory.conf.

Connecting to an OpenLDAP Server

Figure 8.3b shows the configuration utility with the LDAP tab open.

If you need to connect to a network which contains a configured LDAP server, check the box "Enable LDAP". This will change the greyed-out status of the rest of the screen, allowing you to configure the following:

Figure 8.3a: Initial Active Directory & LDAP Screen

Hostname: input the hostname or IP address of the OpenLDAP server. This setting is mandatory.

Base DN: input the top level of the LDAP directory tree to be used when searching for resources (e.g. dc=test,dc=org).

Allow Anon Binding: only check this box if the LDAP server allows read and write access without requiring authentication.

Root bind DN: input the name of the administrative account on the LDAP server (e.g. cn=Manager,dc=test,dc=org).